CNN anchor confesses his “eco-sins” to cleanse for Earth Day

posted at 2:52 pm on April 22, 2011 by Ed Morrissey

Hey, look, I’m Catholic — so I know a few things about confessions. The nice thing about Catholic confessions is that we celebrate that sacrament in private. The religious practice of Mother Gaia apparently dictates public shaming as a way to appease the deity for Earth Day, which is at least a little more entertaining than sacrificing a goat, and more economical than sacrificing T.J. Holmes’ SUV. This CNN clip posted by Newbusters reminds me more of the background programming in the film 1984 with John Hurt, which had people on television confessing to thoughtcrime on a 24/7 basis, but then again, I’m not exactly up on the Gaia magisterium these days anyway:

T.J. HOLMES, CNN anchor: Well, in today’s “XYZ,” I’d like confess my sins. I drive a Chevy Tahoe. It gets 15 miles to the gallon in the city. While some people have SUVs to haul their large families around, it’s just me driving by myself to work every day. I have a number of TVs in my high house and leave them on just about all day, every day. I often turn the water on in the shower, then I walk downstairs to maybe grab breakfast, leave the water running, then I go back upstairs to take a shower.

I buy 24 packs of bottled water at a time. Then I throw those bottles away without recycling. In the winter I crank the heat up to 75 or 76. All the light bulbs in my house are still the old school, less efficient incandescent bulbs.

Those are my eco-sins. I’m confessing them to you because tomorrow is Earth Day. It often goes ignored by many of us, including me. Not going to ignore this year. Why? Well, maybe it was an awakening. Maybe I was scolded recently by an environmentalist. Maybe I’m tired of wasting my own money. Whatever my reasons, whatever yours, happy Earth Day.

Let’s not pretend that religion has left the public square. Let’s just recognize that it has changed denominations. And in that vein, allow me to wish my fellow Christians a happy Good Friday and blessed upcoming Easter, and my Jewish friends belated greetings for Passover.

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I have a number of TVs in my high house and leave them on just about all day, every day. I often turn the water on in the shower, then I walk downstairs to maybe grab breakfast, leave the water running, then I go back upstairs to take a shower.
I buy 24 packs of bottled water at a time. Then I throw those bottles away without recycling. In the winter I crank the heat up to 75 or 76.

Jeez, I’m no eco-nut, but that’s all just wasteful. I’d hate to see his electric/water/gas bill.

None of my business, but when I go to confession my sins are real and my forgiveness is real. Wonder if T.J. Holmes takes real religion as a joke or if he is mocking those of us who do take it serious.

Rachael Carson is responsible for the deaths of multi-millions because she led the fight to remove DDT. Nothing wrong with it. Now millions die because of the mosquitoes that are no longer controlled. Nice job greenies.

I’ve been recycling for many years…. paper, glass, cans, plastic, everything. When it was voluntary and not very convenient (for a long time, I had to sort everything and take it to the local “igloos” myself).

I know a lot of leftists who either still don’t recycle (because the gevernment doesn’t “force” them to), or have ony recently started.

I’m sure that this will surprise many of you, but leftists are total hypocrites.

None of my business, but when I go to confession my sins are real and my forgiveness is real. Wonder if T.J. Holmes takes real religion as a joke or if he is mocking those of us who do take it serious.

fourdeucer on April 22, 2011 at 3:04 PM

This is mocking true faith, pure and simple. Do you think they would pull this crap over Ramadan? Think again.

My tv and computer are on 24/7, I drive a V8 lincoln, when I eat I only use Styrofoam plates and cups and plastic utensils. I do not use florescent bulbs, nor do I have a low flow toilet. Why do I do all this? To annoy people like Al Gore.

I’ve been recycling for many years…. paper, glass, cans, plastic, everything. When it was voluntary and not very convenient (for a long time, I had to sort everything and take it to the local “igloos” myself).

UltimateBob on April 22, 2011 at 3:07 PM

Recycling may be the most wasteful activity in modern America: a waste of time and money, a waste of human and natural resources.

I absolutely pledge that when my energy use and carbon footprint reaches 95% of Al Gore’s, I too will fly around the world in my private jet telling the little people that they must cut back their miserly energy use.

I had a Big Beefy Beanie Burrito from Taco Luis of lunch, and I just now had a natural occuring eruption of methane erupt into the atmosphere, which I know will now result in a further shrinking of the Ozone Layer!

Just so this guy can realize his confession is all for naught, I will enrich the fuel mixture on my riding mower this weekend, and as I mow the 2.5 acres of lawn, I will fumigate the planet with my exhaust.

Afterwards, I will ignite the bonfire in my fire pit and finally get rid of the 700 lbs of old polyester carpet (the thick, black smoke is amazing) we replaced over the winter. While the carpet incinerates, I’ll light my gas grill and Bar-b-que the carcass of Betsy the Moo Cow.

Then, after dinner settles, we’ll get the kids out and blast off some fireworks (of the mortar variety).

Oh my Gaia, I am heartily glad for having offended thee, and I rejoice in all my splurging because I dread the loss of light and the cold on my feet, but most of all because they offend the ecofreaks, who are all bad and deserving of all my scorn. I firmly resolve without the help of thy grace to drive my SUV, to be flatulent at my will, to crank up the A/C this summer, and to enjoy my life. Amen.

What kills me is how much worse he is at all this than I am, yet he’s probably one of those trying to increase the costs on everything for me.

In fact, I notice that those who blab the most about this sort of thing are generally the very ones who excuse their own “transgressions,” because of course what they need and want is important. Because they are important. See.

T.J. HOLMES, CNN anchor Behiker, hard working American: Well, in today’s “XYZ,” I’d like confess my sins. I drive a Chevy Tahoe Nissan Xterra. It gets 15 miles to the gallon in the city. While some people have SUVs to haul their large families around, it’s just me driving by myself to work every day It suits my lifestyle. I have a number of one TVs in my high modest house and leave them on just about all day, every day I only watch it every once in awhile. I often turn the water on in the shower, then I walk downstairs to maybe grab breakfast, leave the water running, then I go back upstairs to and the second the water is warm I step in to take a shower.

I buy 24 packs of bottled water at a time drink tap water. Then I throw those bottles away without recycling I recycle what I can because it’s as easy enough to set on the curb as it is in the garbage. In the winter I crank the heat up to 75 or 76 67 or 68 and turn it down to 62 when I’m away or sleeping. All the light bulbs in my house are still the old school, less efficient incandescent bulbs, but don’t contain mercury that harms the environment.

Those are my eco-sins. I’m confessing them to you because tomorrow is Earth Day. It often goes ignored by many of us, including me. Not going to ignore this year. Why? Well, maybe it was an awakening. Maybe I was scolded recently by an environmentalist.Maybe I’m tired of I don’t like wasting my own money. Whatever my reasons, whatever yours, happy Earth Day Good Friday, Passover, and Easter.

“Although I care about international and domestic affairs and actively participate in Communist Party activities, I study other things in a passive way. In my leisure time … I rarely study Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory and the Three Represents.”

That’s nice of him to announce his “eco” sins. Um, be nice if this climahypocrite would, you know, change his behavior instead. But, then, almost none of the climate morons match their actions with their rhetoric.

Of course, with liberals, intentions are more important than action and results.

I took note that he didn’t say specifically which of these sins he would stop. Bet it’s not the Tahoe… Not the solo drives to work, or the bottled water either… Maybe the recycling thing… Nah… If he didn’t catch that one by now it’s too late for him to get the hang of all that trash sorting.
-Someone should remeber to call him on this stuff next Earth Day.
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By-the-by… We did “Planting Day” at the retreat 2 weeks ago. Me and the grandkids planted cherry trees to fill in the orchard a bit more. I got video of a dozen wild turkeys crossing my property on their way to roost.
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One of my cousins that hunts saw the video and remarked… ‘that wouldn’t even be hunting’ (taking one of the turkeys)… My reply… ‘Ah Yup… It’ll be more like harvesting’…
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Good luck America. Prepare for the worst because the people in charge couldn’t care less about you, and the MSM are officially their butt-buddies and boot-licking bafoons.
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I use more than one sheet of toilet paper at a time.
Gosh, I feel real free and at peace with my world now.

I just feel so sorry for the co-founder of “worship the earth and not its Creator day” -killing his girl and then composting her body in,…are you ready Ghia gods? Styrofoam -how can that kind of eco-abuse be forgiven – isn’t syrofoam bad for one’s health?

Even though this fact has been disappeared from the Earth Day website, the founder and first MC of the Earth Day celebration was the girlfriend-murderer Ira Einhorn.

Another thing not to forget is that April 22, 1970 was chosen because it was Lenin’s 100th birthday. The Russians planned an enormous tree planting in the form of a congratulatory message (in Cyrillic, one assumes) to the hijacker of the Russian revolution.

Its size indicated that it was apparently intended to be read by the God they didn’t believe in.

Only a liberal would turn on the hot water and then go down and have breakfast. Or leave the house with all the Tvs on. Liberals spend like there is no tomorrow.

The root of the word conservative is conserve. Conservatives believe in husbanding our resources – whether they be natural, financial, human, or otherwise – for tomorrow, not spending like drunken sailors on shore leave. That’s what liberals do.

T.J. HOLMES, CNN anchor: Well, in today’s “XYZ,” I’d like confess my sins. I drive a Chevy Tahoe. It gets 15 miles to the gallon in the city. While some people have SUVs to haul their large families around, it’s just me driving by myself to work every day.

Like most of CNN’s anchors you’re politically left of center. I’m one of those teabagging wingnuts you like to laugh at thinking you are smarter than them. I also love cars (gasoline, diesel, electric, whatever) and if your Tahoe brings a smile to your face, drive it in good health. Still, for a lot of my transportation needs I ride a bicycle. Not only is my bicycle more environmentally righteous than your Tahoe (though my CO2 output on the bike is non-trivial), it’s more environmentally sound than a Prius covered with COEXIST and Love Gaia bumper stickers.

I have a number of TVs in my high house and leave them on just about all day, every day.

I have a single television set and it’s on when I feel like watching it. I do admit, not confess, to sometimes having the tv on silently with a sporting event, while listening to the stereo or the radio, while reading or writing at the computer. But then I’m a stimulus junkie. I like that information flow. I do also often run three computers at once, four if you count the one built into my embroidery machine but I suppose those are mostly business related.

I often turn the water on in the shower, then I walk downstairs to maybe grab breakfast, leave the water running, then I go back upstairs to take a shower.

Geez, you’re a wasteful idiot. I live in Michigan, surrounded by much of the world’s fresh water, the Great Lakes, and while I admit that I’ll turn on the shower before sitting on the can, normally I run it till it’s hot, then take a 2 minute shower. Besides, if you live in such a “high house”, you probably have a dual hot water tank system that may even recirculate the hot water.

Water is pretty cheap, and is very recyclable, but you’re genuinely wasting whatever fuel is used to heat your water. You’re not guilty of sins against Mother Earth, you’re guilty of being a wasteful idiot.

I buy 24 packs of bottled water at a time. Then I throw those bottles away without recycling.

Where I live, tap water tastes better than bottled. Besides, why would you pay so much money for water? Tap water is so much cheaper.

In the winter I crank the heat up to 75 or 76.

What are you, a lizard? The vast majority of people are comfortable at 68-72 degrees, whether winter or summer. But then a CNN anchor probably identifies with Barack Obama, who keeps the Oval Office like he was back in Hawaii.

All the light bulbs in my house are still the old school, less efficient incandescent bulbs.

That’s good. At least you’re not exposing yourself to mercury, and other toxic, possibly carcinogenic chemicals. BTW, LED lights are much more efficient than CFLs.

In a new report, scientists in Germany warn that compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) emit carcinogenic chemicals and toxins—including phenol, naphthalene, and styrene—when turned on, resulting in what one scientists describes as “electrical smog.” Because of that, they should be used “very economically” and “should not be used in unventilated areas and definitely not in the proximity of the head,” he adds.